New Hope Entertainment

Sci-fi meets martial arts in this lively chronicle of a warrior pilot who returns to his native planet to find it controlled by a wicked tyrant Captain Kogar. He also finds his family has been slaughtered and so now it is up to him and his pals to kick the heck out of Kogar and return the planet to its rightful rulers. This film was assembled from episodes of the Japanese TV series, Message from Space: Galactic Warriors (which in itself was a spinoff from the feature Message from Space).

Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial moorings, and it's up to The Defenders to track it down. Unfortunately, Brain has developed an amazing army of deadly giant robots, including one with a huge "17" emblazoned on its chest-plate, with which it plans to subjugate its creators. A young boy whose family was killed by Brain's followers manages to activate Daitetsujin 17, which thereafter comes to his rescue whenever he is in danger from Brain's minions.

"Earth. In the near future. A squadron of aliens has landed on a mission to enslave our helpless planet. But Terry-a seemingly ordinary boy-has magically transformed into Dai Apolon, a fantastic being with extraordinary telepathic powers! And together with a rocketing army of robots and his space crew of loyal friends, he sets out to vanquish the alien threat. And to restore peace and order to the galaxy forever more!" - VHS Back of The Box Description. Based on Episodes 1 thru 2, 11, 24 through 26 of UFO Warrior Dai Apolon.